indulge

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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1.Men are indulging, in part, because popular culture is telling them that they can.
2.President Hollande indulges the Greeks out of left-wing instinct, and because he knows that France itself is in a parlous financial state.
3.Canada indulged less than others in the credit spree that led to the 2008 financial crisis in Europe and the United States.
Mainly he’s indulging it by saying Golovkin is unknown, isn’t smart enough and would have to face some additional weight restrictions.

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Please explain what the word ‘indulge’ means in the above sentences? Please don’t tell me to look up the dictionary again. I hardly ask any question which can be answered simply by looking referring to a dictionary

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This one can.
oxfordlearnersdictionaries.c … ?q=indulge

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But which definition? 1 or 2? Hardly makes any sense to me.

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Look at the examples too. They can help understanding.

  1. likely to be definition 1, but without more context than a single sentence it’s not possible to say.
  2. Definition 3
  3. Definition 4
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Go on - indulge yourself by giving your own explanation. Be independent

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Transparent as glass…

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Thank you, ma’am

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Dear Teacher, is the word a noun or a verb?

Thanks.
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I intended it to be a noun:
the ability to understand something; comprehension.